McEwans Scotch Ale

Brewed by John Smiths (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Scotch Ale
Tadcaster, England

bottle at capital grill. Pour was dark with significant head (too dark in room to get accurate color), aroma of coffee, roasted malts. Flavor to match. Good beer.

355 ml bottle from LCBO, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. AU17/08.

App.: Very deep ruby with a decent off-white froth. Aroma: Deep caramel and toffee, light raisins, touches of wood, cherry and light berry, a bit of cardboard. Palate: Medium+ body, very soft carbonation. Flav.: Lots of cardboard, less caramel and raisins, light medium-roasted coffee, a touch nutty; somewhat sweet with a little bitterness, a touch of molasses and alcohol in the finish.

A bit old but not awful.

De couleur tres foncé. Beau col de mousse. En bouche, mélange de caramel, chocolat, épices et bois fumé....L’alchol se fait plutot discret en finale. Différent de se qui se brasse au canada.

Bottle. Pours almost black with a decent long lasting head. Aroma is of roasted malts and coffee. Flavor is coffee, caramel, and lots of roasted hops. It has a great mouthfeel. This is a very drinkable, not to to heavy beer. Would get again.

Very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste is sweet roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, some bitter hops, and molasses. The level of sweetness is just too much for me.

12 oz bottle: Aroma is bready, with dark caramel malts intermingled, a sharp note to it, lightly floral with just a little hops poking through the back end. Appearance is a semi translucent reddish-brown with a thick tan head that lingers at the top of the glass. Taste is nicely malty, a bit of smoke, caramel, roasted flavors, and nicely spiced. The taste lingers on the tongue of a while and then dissipates. Palate is almost lightly sugary on the lips, medium on the tongue, and the aftertaste has a nice roasted malt characteristic. Overall, It’s not bad to say the least for a Scotch ale. Pretty nice indeed.

At $1.89 a bottle this seemed like a good buy. Poured a rich red color with a tan head with pink tinges. Nose of caramel malts and some sweet chocolate. Rich creamy mouthfeel. Lots of rich flavors with more chocolate. A fairly simple beer that simply tastes good and drinks easily. A very good beer that would rank a a best buy for its type.

Bottled at the Big Sur Pub. Dark chestnut brown with a modest head. Malty aroma with some minerals. The flavor is quite sweet and malty, with a mineral bite and a very filtered, sterile feel. The body is kinda thick but also watery, with an abundance of carbonation. This one was hard to drink, with the excess of residual sugar that had nothing to stand up to it.